Berman Institute Monthly Newsletter – September 2020
September 2020
Announcements
Opioids and Public Health
AMA Journal of Ethics
August 2020
Manufacturers of prescription opioids offered assurance in the mid-to-late 1990s that these drugs wouldn’t make patients with pain into patients with substance use disorders. Some physicians believed them and prescribed these drugs without appropriate regard for their addictiveness, contributing to prescription and street opioid misuse that has reached alarming proportions. This issue considers ethical questions that contextualize the opioid epidemic from social, cultural, and policy-based perspectives and illuminates potential solutions. Special issue edited by MBE alum, Hunter Jackson Smith, and featuring a paper: Is Nonconsensual Tapering of High-Dose Opioid Therapy Justifiable? by Travis Rieder
New Report: Interim Framework for COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution in the United States
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: Center for Health Security
August 19, 2020
When a COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use, it will initially be in limited supply. This report offers guidance to help plan for how to allocate and distribute the limited supply during this period of scarcity. Authors include Anne Barnhill, Justin Bernstein, Carleigh Krubiner and Alan Regenberg
Suzanne Knizner earned a Meeting Professional Certification (or CMP). This is a professional credential offered by the Events Industry Council based on a high level of professional experience in the meetings industry, professional development hours and passing a rigorous exam.
Events
September 1
More Than Buildings. Reforming Policy for Today’s Schools
Johns Hopkins School of Education
In many ways, COVID-19 offers a unique opportunity for us to better understand the important roles schools play as hubs for social-emotional health, community programming, food security, and more. This session examines how we might utilize this opportunity as a means for broader policy reform.
August 25
Who’s Left Behind? Equity and the Push to Reopen Schools
Johns Hopkins School of Education
To what extent has equity been a consideration in the nation’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic in our schools? Have efforts actually contributed to greater gaps in access, learning, and safety for at-risk groups? Featuring Ruth Faden and Megan Collins, this session examines who is being left behind.
August 20
The Global Food Systems Dashboard: A Tool to Guide Us Towards Healthy and Sustainable Diets
Looking Forward @ Johns Hopkins
August 20, 2020, Noon-1p, EDT
JHU’s most distinguished scholars are engaging the scholarly community by sharing cutting-edge scholarship during the COVID-19 shutdown. Jessica Fanzo recently launched the Global Food Systems Dashboard, which provides decision makers with data to make actionable decisions to improve their food systems. Link for free registration.
August 19
Theater of War for Frontline Medical Providers – Dramatic readings of Sophocles’ Philoctetes and Women of Trachis
FEATURING: live online performances by Jesse Eisenberg, Frances McDormand, Frankie Faison & Favid Zayas.
Publications
Outreach
September 25
Yoram Unguru will give Pediatric Grand Rounds at St. Agnes Hospital. His talk is titled “Crisis or Business as Usual: Shortages of Lifesaving Medicines for Children with Cancer.”
September 22
Yoram Unguru will speak to the Children’s Hospital Association. His talk is titled “Ethical Prescribing in the Era of High Cost and Scarce Drugs.”
August 20
Marielle Gross served as a panelist to talk about the Ethics Of The Use Of Wearables For Early COVID Detection as part of the Coronavirus Conversations series hosted by Duke+ DataScience and Duke Science & Society.
Michael Erdek spoke at the 10th World Congress of the World Institute of Pain in Rome, Italy. His talk was titled ““Ethical Responsibility for the Use of Opioids in Pain Treatment.”
August 19
Jeffrey Kahn was an invited speaker at the Ring Central Learning Together Webinar. His talk was titled “Digital Contact Tracing for Pandemic Response: Ethics and Governance Guidance.”
August 15
Carleigh Krubiner spoke to Project Insight of The Philippines. Her talk was titled “COVID-19 Vaccine: The Race and What Comes After.”
August 10 – September 10
Jeremy Sugarman will give a talk titled “Ethical Considerations of Stem Cell Use from Cord Blood and Tissues” at the 2020 Cord Blood Conference—Path to the Future, hosted by the Arizona Public Cord Blood Program.
August 7-8
Ruth Faden was among presenters at the virtual meeting of the Committee on Equitable Allocation of Vaccine for the Novel Coronavirus at The National Academies.